The family of an 18-year-old girl is now planning her funeral after she was killed in a drive-by shooting Thursday night.

Bernalillo County deputy Felicia Romero said Aliyah Garcia died from a gunshot wound suffered on Atrisco SW. Romero said detectives do not believe Garcia was the intended target of the shooting.

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Garcia's uncle, Raymond Ballejos, told Action 7 News the teen was on the telephone with her mother when someone started shooting.

"Aliyah had told her, 'I've been shot,'" Ballejos said.

"Right now, as we speak, I bet you that's what's playing through her head, is her daughter's conversation with her. And that's the last conversation she's going to have with her."

He said his niece briefly dropped out of school, but decided to got her act together and return to class to get her diploma. Close friend Desiree Sanchez said Garcia was attending RFK Charter School, which held its graduation less than 24 hours after the shooting.

Ballejos said Garcia was with a friend in a car parked outside the friend's house Thursday night when another vehicle pulled up and someone started shooting. Paramedics responded and took Garcia to a hospital, but they were unable to save her life.

"Somebody saw something," the teen's uncle said. "It's close houses, it's an open area, so somebody had to have seen something."

He said if he heard shots outside, his first instinct would be to get up right away and look. Now Ballejos and his family are pleading for anyone who looked to help deputies find Garcia's killer.

"Just get ahold of law enforcement and let them know. People like this, innocent people, are the ones that get screwed," he said.

Romero said detectives are working on following leads and interviewing potential witnesses. A $500 reward has been offered for any tip leading to an arrest in the case.